Keane (company)

Keane
Type Subsidiary
Industry IT consulting
Software Services
Application Outsourcing
Business Process Outsourcing
Founded 1965
Headquarters Boston, MA
Key people

President and CEO John W. McCain

Employees = 12,500 in 12 countries[1][2][3]
Products Application Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Infrastructure Services
Parent NTT Data
Website www.keane.com

Keane Inc a unit of NTT Data Corporation is a U.S.-based Information Technology services firm. It offers Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources.

It ranks 70 on 2010 InformationWeek 500, a list of the top technology innovators in the U.S.[4] Keane was recognized for advancing the practice of application management outsourcing (AMO) with its DynAMOSM solution, and was listed as an industry finalist for the Consulting & Business Services category.

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Company Overview

In business since 1965, Keane is an IT services firm headquartered in the United States with approximately 12,500 employees globally.

In 2011, Keane became wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Data Corporation of Japan.

History

Keane was founded in 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts by John F. Keane. The company's initial focus was in the healthcare technology sector. The company grew to over 100 employees within ten years. By the 1990s Keane had become a publicly traded company and expanded into software engineering, application maintenance, program management and consulting services.

February 7, 2007 - Caritor acquired Keane, Inc. The combined entity retained the name of Keane. The corporate headquarters was relocated to San Francisco, CA and then to Boston, MA.

January 3, 2011 - Keane became a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Data Corporation - Japan, and came to be known as Keane, an NTT Data Company [5]

Operations

Indian branches

Keane has five Advanced Development Centres in India located at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Noida.

Global units

Keane has its presence across the globe in 12 countries Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE, UK and US

Certifications

CMMI Version 1.2 Level 5 Company
PCMM
CMMI Level 5
ISO 27001:2005
ISO 9001:2000
TL9000

Initiatives

Keane Foundation donated $1.67 million as funds for the establishment of the Institute for Global Work at the Boston University School of Management.[6]

Subsidiaries

Keane Care, Inc (part of the Healthcare Solutions Division of Keane, Inc) provides clinical and financial software information systems to the long-term care industry.

Kamco (Keane Australia Micropayment Consortium)] is providing the myki ticketing system for Victoria, Australia's Public Transport System.[7] although the Myki roll-out has been suspended and is only available in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Latrobe Valley and Seymour [8]

Figtree Systems is a global provider of Claims & Risk Management software solutions.

Kamco

High level discussions between Keane CEO John McCain and the Government of Victoria were held in February 2010 about the Myki implementation, a project carried out by the Kamco consortium (comprising Ascom, ERG, Keane and Giesecke & Devrient Australasia) that was significantly delayed and over budget. During those discussions, Keane committed to dedicating additional resources and software experts to set the project back on track. [3]

Others

Keane also has a subsidiary, Keane School of Excellence (KSE), and it has a special focus on object oriented technologies.

KSE is organized to impart training to its resources in specialised application software development. KSE also houses the CISCO Academy Training Centre for IIIT, Hyderabad, wherein it imparts training in CCNA, Network Security and Wireless LAN, curricula.

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